Military branches Army, Navy, Air Force, Civil Armed Forces, National Guard

Military manpower - military age 17 years of age

Military manpower - availability
males age 15-49: 31,456,430 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service
males: 19,288,081 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually
males: 1,431,074 (1997 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure $3.3 billion (FY96/97)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP 5.3% (FY96/97)

Disputes - international status of Kashmir with India; water-sharing problems with upstream riparianIndia over the Indus (Wular Barrage)

Illicit drugs illicit producer of opium and hashish for the international drug trade(produced 75 metric tons in 1996, down from 155 metric tons in 1995); major center for processing Afghan heroin and key transit area for Southwest Asianheroin moving to Western markets

NOTE: The information regarding Pakistan on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Pakistan Military 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Pakistan Military 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.